Political Sociology

Course content

This course is designed to encompass a detailed overall view of the field of political sociology. To this aim, fundamental issues and areas of political sociology as well as the contributions of some of the path-breakers of the discipline will be discussed with reference to both their original works and interpretative material. In this context, Marx and Weber´s work and state, economy and politics; Durkheim and de-Tocqueville´s contribution on civil society and politics as well as their respective neo-versions will be reviewed. In the second part of the course basic forms of political rule (democratic, totalitarian and authoritarian regimes) and political participation, political parties and partisanship and political culture will be taken up with specific reference to contemporary world and Turkish cases.